Things could all be different

[resonant]

Did you ever think about how strange it is, really, that coffee is such a staple that your better employers provide it for their employees? And even places that don't will usually at least provide the machines and the space to do this really somewhat complex cooking task.

And this is not even mentioning sugar and artificial sweeteners and creamer and stirrers and cups ... And all of it is sort of an accident of history and food fashions. One flap from the quantum butterfly and the necessary refreshment could be something else entirely.

Like maybe in Night Vale every office break room has the makings of cream of tomato soup.